HB 474: Limiting Onerous Licensing and Regulation Costs
This bill limits state agencies' compliance costs, lets citizens challenge burdensome occupational rules through the Office of Professional Licensure Review, and mandates agency justification or repeal within 90 days.
SB 26: Behavioral Health Licensing Amendments
This bill opens up the mental health professional licensing scheme to allow for more professionals to practice, as well as provide additional services.
SB 143: Improving Veterans Licensure Opportunities
This bill would give additional time to active duty service members to renew their occupational licenses when returning from deployment.
How Patrick Mahomes’s Haircut Demonstrates the Ridiculousness of Occupational Licensing
Mr. Bonds is clearly a qualified barber, as shown by one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL trusting him with his hair, so why should he possibly even face criminal penalties for cutting hair in another state?
What Does Occupational Licensure Have to Do with Mental Health? A Lot.
Thankfully, policymakers — especially in Utah — are working to help meet the state’s demand for mental health practitioners by improving the portability of licenses while decreasing variations in their requirements.
Relocation Shouldn’t Mean Losing Your License
With these compacts, if you are a licensed physical therapist in Texas and Texas has engaged in a compact with Utah, you could move to Utah and immediately begin work in your profession.